^ LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



well as a quadrilateral spot on the sixth, are dark reddish- 

 brown. The wings are transparent, with very narrow, blackish- 

 brown borders, and the base of the wings is thickly covered 

 with green scales, which extend along the basal half of the 

 costa. 



The larva, which feeds on Gardenia^ is bluish-green, with 

 white dorsal and sub-dorsal lines, the former bisected by a 

 blue line ; and a long, slender, tapering horn, much thickened 

 at the base. 



This species has been confounded with C picus (Cramer), 

 a species found in India and Australia; but C. piciis has a 

 narrower and paler red belt on the abdomen. 



GENUS MACROGLOSSA. 

 Macroglossiim^ Scopoli, Intr. Hist. Nat. p. 414 (1776). 

 Macroglossa^ Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur., iv., p. 41 (1S16) ; 

 Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust., i., p. 133 (1828). 



The species of this genus are found throughout the greater 

 part of the Old World, but are most numerous in the Indian 

 Region. They may generally be recognised by their strongly- 

 thickened antennce, hooked at the tip, the thickly-scaled dark 

 brown or blackish fore-wings, with darker transverse lines, the 

 usually more or less reddish hind-wings, and the undentated 

 hind margins. The black anal tuft, too, is very conspicuous. 

 Nearly all the species are very similar to our well-known 

 Humming-bird Hawk-moth in size, colour, shape, and general 

 appearance. They are species of very rapid flight, hovering 

 over flowers without settling, both at dusk and in the daytime, 

 and are by no means easily captured by an inexperienced 

 hand. 



I have occasionally seen M. stcUataruui at rest on a wall, or 

 among roots under an overhanging bank, or in some other 

 situation where its colour harmonised with its surroundings. 



